Video captured the shocking moment a blast from a Russian missile attack narrowly missed a young woman walking in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday amid Moscow's months-long war with the country.
Seconds later, there's a loud, fiery blast that sends debris raining down onto the woman, the video shows. An advisor to Ukraine's interior ministry, Anton Gerashchenko, shared the clip on Twitter early Monday, saying that the country needs"air defense systems and modern combat planes!"
Ukraine has asked the West for air-defense systems like Patriot missile batteries and modern fighter aircraft like the F-16 in its fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces. Putin said on Monday that the attacks were retaliation after the Kerch Strait Bridge,
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